Heaven and Hell

Jón Kalman Stefánsson; Philip Roughton

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In a remote part of Iceland, a young man joins a boat to fish for cod, but when a tragedy occurs at sea he is appalled by his fellow fishermen’s cruel indifference. Lost and broken, he leaves the settlement in secret, his only purpose to return a book to a blind old sea captain beyond the mountains. Once in the town he finds that he is not alone in his solitude: welcomed into a warm circle of outcasts, he begins to see the world with new eyes. Heaven and Hell navigates the depths of despair to celebrate the redemptive power of friendship. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, it is a reading experience as intense as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves.

Request Code
ZLIB.IO16867920
Published
2022
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pages
1
Language
English
Format
PDF
ISBN-13
9781849164061
ISBN-10
1849164061